Conservation Biology
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Flagship journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. Applied science for scientists, managers, practitioners, decision makers. Editor: Mark Burgman. https://bit.ly/4iozgVS
In this article, De Smedt et al discuss the rise of terrestrial #isopods in the #pettrade and the need for their inclusion in trade regulation. Interested in learning more? You can find their study at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
In this article, De Smedt et al discuss the rise of terrestrial #isopods in the #pettrade and the need for their inclusion in trade regulation. Interested in learning more? You can find their study at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#conservation #science #stem #stemwords #wordoftheweek #isopod
#conservation #science #stem #stemwords #wordoftheweek #isopod
Rolling into the #WordoftheWeek: #Isopod! 🍂
#conservation #science #invertebrates #invertebrateconservation #invertebratezoology #STEM #STEMwords
#conservation #science #invertebrates #invertebrateconservation #invertebratezoology #STEM #STEMwords
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
High-accuracy area of habitat mapping supports inclusion of underrepresented taxa in key tools for conservation planning and policy.🌿 Interested in learning more? You can find Ridley et al's article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#conservation #science
#conservation #science
Mapping area of habitat for inland wetland species
Area of habitat (AOH) maps provide a high-resolution representation of the habitat available in a species’ range and can support conservation policy and planning processes. However, until recently, t....
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November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
High-accuracy area of habitat mapping supports inclusion of underrepresented taxa in key tools for conservation planning and policy.🌿 Interested in learning more? You can find Ridley et al's article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#conservation #science
#conservation #science
👻 This Halloween, we’re talking about ghostly catches beneath the surface…🎣 #Invisiblefisheries are the phantoms of the fishing world.
#WordOfTheWeek #InvisibleFisheries #ConservationBiology #STEM #STEMwords #STEMeducation #SCBjournals
#WordOfTheWeek #InvisibleFisheries #ConservationBiology #STEM #STEMwords #STEMeducation #SCBjournals
October 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
👻 This Halloween, we’re talking about ghostly catches beneath the surface…🎣 #Invisiblefisheries are the phantoms of the fishing world.
#WordOfTheWeek #InvisibleFisheries #ConservationBiology #STEM #STEMwords #STEMeducation #SCBjournals
#WordOfTheWeek #InvisibleFisheries #ConservationBiology #STEM #STEMwords #STEMeducation #SCBjournals
In this article, Bersaglio et al share that weaving Indigenous and Western knowledge enhances #wildlifehealth understanding and surveillance and supports decolonizing in #conservation. Interested in learning more? Visit doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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#science
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October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In this article, Bersaglio et al share that weaving Indigenous and Western knowledge enhances #wildlifehealth understanding and surveillance and supports decolonizing in #conservation. Interested in learning more? Visit doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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In this article, Cronin et al discuss evidence for a fisher-designed solution to manta and devil ray #bycatch in #tunafisheries.🐟 You can find their article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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#conservation #science #STEM #STEMwords #wordoftheweek
October 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In this article, Cronin et al discuss evidence for a fisher-designed solution to manta and devil ray #bycatch in #tunafisheries.🐟 You can find their article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#conservation #science #STEM #STEMwords #wordoftheweek
#conservation #science #STEM #STEMwords #wordoftheweek
Have you found yourself caught up in the #WordoftheWeek?!🎣 Let's talk about #Bycatch! 🐟🐬
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#STEM #STEMWords #conservation #science
October 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Have you found yourself caught up in the #WordoftheWeek?!🎣 Let's talk about #Bycatch! 🐟🐬
#STEM #STEMWords #conservation #science
#STEM #STEMWords #conservation #science
A new study across 10 initiatives in southern and eastern Africa finds that governance and equity issues, not local costs, are the biggest bottlenecks to scaling successful community-led conservation. 🌍
🔗Find Pienkowski et al's article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70149
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🔗Find Pienkowski et al's article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70149
#conservation #science
October 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A new study across 10 initiatives in southern and eastern Africa finds that governance and equity issues, not local costs, are the biggest bottlenecks to scaling successful community-led conservation. 🌍
🔗Find Pienkowski et al's article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70149
#conservation #science
🔗Find Pienkowski et al's article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70149
#conservation #science
What is the extent of threats to #marinefish from the online aquarium trade in the United States?🐠 🪸Lin et al studied the lucrative but opaque US online marine #aquarium trade is driven by wild-caught reef fish, including #threatenedspecies, exposing key data gaps.
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#science
a coral reef with a few fish swimming around it
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October 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
What is the extent of threats to #marinefish from the online aquarium trade in the United States?🐠 🪸Lin et al studied the lucrative but opaque US online marine #aquarium trade is driven by wild-caught reef fish, including #threatenedspecies, exposing key data gaps.
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#science
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#science
Creeping in with the #WordoftheWeek...or Words! #CrypticAnthropogenicDisturbance 🌳🌫
#STEM #STEMwords #conservation #science
#STEM #STEMwords #conservation #science
October 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Creeping in with the #WordoftheWeek...or Words! #CrypticAnthropogenicDisturbance 🌳🌫
#STEM #STEMwords #conservation #science
#STEM #STEMwords #conservation #science
In this article, McClanahan et al discuss how diversifying the identification of #climatechange refugia for #coralreefs requires more environmental and coral life-history metrics. Read their article at: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#refugia #wordoftheweek #conservation #science #stem
#refugia #wordoftheweek #conservation #science #stem
October 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
In this article, McClanahan et al discuss how diversifying the identification of #climatechange refugia for #coralreefs requires more environmental and coral life-history metrics. Read their article at: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#refugia #wordoftheweek #conservation #science #stem
#refugia #wordoftheweek #conservation #science #stem
October 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
🐝In this #recentlypublished article, Sydenham et al discuss the role of forest edges and other seminatural linear landscape features in structuring wild #bee habitat connectivity in intensively managed landscapes.🐝 Bee sure to check out their study at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#conservation #science
#conservation #science
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
🐝In this #recentlypublished article, Sydenham et al discuss the role of forest edges and other seminatural linear landscape features in structuring wild #bee habitat connectivity in intensively managed landscapes.🐝 Bee sure to check out their study at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#conservation #science
#conservation #science
Making comprehensive assessments of Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) networks in a country greatly increases their number and area. 🌏 Learn more in Plumptre et al's #recentlypublished article :https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70151
#conservation #science #30x30challenge
#conservation #science #30x30challenge
October 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Making comprehensive assessments of Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) networks in a country greatly increases their number and area. 🌏 Learn more in Plumptre et al's #recentlypublished article :https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70151
#conservation #science #30x30challenge
#conservation #science #30x30challenge
🗣️🌍 Miller et al. outline five principles to improve conservation conversations- embracing diverse perspectives, acknowledging power dynamics, and valuing multiple ways of knowing- to foster more inclusive and effective conservation.
Read: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Read: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
a neon sign that says the number 5 on it
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September 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🗣️🌍 Miller et al. outline five principles to improve conservation conversations- embracing diverse perspectives, acknowledging power dynamics, and valuing multiple ways of knowing- to foster more inclusive and effective conservation.
Read: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Read: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
🗣Let's talk about our #WordoftheWeek- #SocialScience! 📋
#STEM #Conservation #Science #STEMWords #HuminDimensions
#STEM #Conservation #Science #STEMWords #HuminDimensions
September 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
🗣Let's talk about our #WordoftheWeek- #SocialScience! 📋
#STEM #Conservation #Science #STEMWords #HuminDimensions
#STEM #Conservation #Science #STEMWords #HuminDimensions
🌱 Conservation must embrace diverse worldviews. In this essay, Murali et al. show how recognizing perspectives like anthropocentrism, biocentrism, ecocentrism, & pluricentrism can make decisions more inclusive & effective.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🌱 Conservation must embrace diverse worldviews. In this essay, Murali et al. show how recognizing perspectives like anthropocentrism, biocentrism, ecocentrism, & pluricentrism can make decisions more inclusive & effective.
doi/10.1111/cobi.70144
doi/10.1111/cobi.70144
🦎Volume 39, Number 5🦎 of #ConservationBiology is now available online! doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#conservation #science #scientificjournal #newrelease
#conservation #science #scientificjournal #newrelease
Issue Information
Cover: Namib sand gecko (Pachydactylus rangei) in Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. Over 21% of reptiles assessed by IUCN are threatened with extinction by, for example, land use change, invasiv....
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September 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🦎Volume 39, Number 5🦎 of #ConservationBiology is now available online! doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#conservation #science #scientificjournal #newrelease
#conservation #science #scientificjournal #newrelease
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#Wildhorses are back in #Spain
In Alto Tajo, they’re restoring #grasslands, reducing #firerisk, and bringing back #wildlife. #rewilding
In Alto Tajo, they’re restoring #grasslands, reducing #firerisk, and bringing back #wildlife. #rewilding
Why are wild horses returning to Spain?
The impact of human beings on different ecosystems is huge. Throughout our history, we have changed ecosystems in ways that have led to biodiversity loss, increased the chances of natural disasters su...
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September 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#Wildhorses are back in #Spain
In Alto Tajo, they’re restoring #grasslands, reducing #firerisk, and bringing back #wildlife. #rewilding
In Alto Tajo, they’re restoring #grasslands, reducing #firerisk, and bringing back #wildlife. #rewilding
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The Society for Conservation Biology - Marine Global Program is excited to announce that #IMCC8 will take place in #Edinburgh, Scotland from November 13-17, 2026!
Join us to help Make Marine Science Matter!
#marinescience #conservation #conference
Join us to help Make Marine Science Matter!
#marinescience #conservation #conference
September 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Society for Conservation Biology - Marine Global Program is excited to announce that #IMCC8 will take place in #Edinburgh, Scotland from November 13-17, 2026!
Join us to help Make Marine Science Matter!
#marinescience #conservation #conference
Join us to help Make Marine Science Matter!
#marinescience #conservation #conference
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The 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology will take place in Leiden, NL! They will explore how #biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check out: eccb26leiden.eu/calls/ for more info, we are looking forward to your contributions!
September 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology will take place in Leiden, NL! They will explore how #biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check out: eccb26leiden.eu/calls/ for more info, we are looking forward to your contributions!
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#Beavers are nature’s “#ecosystem engineers."
Their dams slow and spread water, boosting fire resilience, water quality, and even fishing.
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Their dams slow and spread water, boosting fire resilience, water quality, and even fishing.
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Beavers restored to tribal lands in California benefit ecosystems
This is the first installment of Mongabay’s coverage of beaver restoration in California. CHESTER, Calif. — The pictograph, an ochre-red outline with four paws and an unmistakable paddle of a tail, ha...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#Beavers are nature’s “#ecosystem engineers."
Their dams slow and spread water, boosting fire resilience, water quality, and even fishing.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/beav...
Their dams slow and spread water, boosting fire resilience, water quality, and even fishing.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/beav...
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Many nations of the Global South are leading the transition to low-carbon sources of electricity despite contributing a small percentage of the world's emissions, as this chart from @ourworldindata.org makes clear 🧪
September 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Many nations of the Global South are leading the transition to low-carbon sources of electricity despite contributing a small percentage of the world's emissions, as this chart from @ourworldindata.org makes clear 🧪
A 40-year review from Crawford-Ash et al reveals #amphibian decline #research is biased regionally and lacks translation into effective #conservation action. 🐸 You can find the full study at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Evolution of research on global amphibian declines
In the late 1980s, the scientific community became aware of severe, enigmatic amphibian population declines. These declines triggered a wave of research focused on quantifying their extent and identi....
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September 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A 40-year review from Crawford-Ash et al reveals #amphibian decline #research is biased regionally and lacks translation into effective #conservation action. 🐸 You can find the full study at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Sze and Sauls found that using maps and #geospatial data in #conservation needs to be carefully considered to ensure just and effective conservation.🌏 Learn more by navigating to their #recentlypublished article, available at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#STEM #wordoftheweek #science
#STEM #wordoftheweek #science
Prospects and perils in the geospatial turn of conservation
Conservation has embraced advances in big data and related digital technologies as key to preventing biodiversity loss, especially in the identification of areas of conservation priority based on spa....
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September 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Sze and Sauls found that using maps and #geospatial data in #conservation needs to be carefully considered to ensure just and effective conservation.🌏 Learn more by navigating to their #recentlypublished article, available at doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#STEM #wordoftheweek #science
#STEM #wordoftheweek #science